Big Boss’ house exterior

Poperinge, Belgium

At home

Contemporary farmhouse exterior with a glass-walled cube cantilevered above a black base, overlooking a wooden terrace furnished with a long white marina picnic table and white captain's chairs.

Dirk Wynants, founder and designer of Extremis, not only enjoys designing outdoor furniture, but he took it upon himself to rebuild this old farmhouse into a contemporary designer home.

The original elements of the 1850 farmhouse have been kept, but new elements have been included. The big, floating glass cube adds a sunlit room. It's the perfect example of how new, modernist elements meet tradition. The floating cube is a reference to the mysterious black monolith from Dirk’s favorite movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Wide dusk view of a renovated brick farmhouse with a projecting glass cube, set beside a concrete courtyard and open fields at sunset.

White marina picnic table on a wooden deck beside a large tree, with misty fields and a pale pink-and-lavender sky in the background.

Unity and simplicity

The table feels just like wood but is a lot less sensitive to temperature changes and humidity.

Marina picnic tables enrich the terraces, accurately aligned with the floating window. As the farmhouse had few windows originally, the terraces are the place to be for some sunlight and a good chat.

Sunlit terrace with a long white picnic table in front of a cantilevered glass cube attached to a traditional brick farmhouse with a red-tiled roof.

Two people seated at a white picnic table on a terrace below a glass cube, with open lawn in the foreground and people visible inside the upper room.

Jingba, the house dog, is Marina’s biggest fan.

Wide exterior view of the farmhouse and projecting glass cube, with a white marina picnic table placed against a concrete wall beside a lawn.

Floating above the fields

Inside the glass cube, the center of the house, Kosmos enjoys panoramic views of the Belgian fields. The round shape fits the floating cube faultlessly, creating a tiny universe filled with peace and sunlight.